title: [A rare and severe complication of meningeal hemorrhage: spinal arachnoiditis with paraplegia].
abstract: This observation relates a case of spinal arachnoiditis with paraplegia, for a 56 year old patient hospitalized for a S.A.H. by a ruptured aneurysm of the P.I.C.A. This patient present some complications, requiring a prolonged ventilatory support with a tracheostomy, a ventricular shunt for hydrocephalus. The treatment is only surgical, and the corticosteroids delay the evolution, but without successful outcome.
authors.affiliation: Service d'anesthésie et réanimation, Hôpital neurologique P. Wertheimer, Lyon.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jourdan
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Artru
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Convert
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ottolese
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chiara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Naous
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tixier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Terrier
mesh_terms: D001100:Arachnoiditis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae
vernacular_title: Complication rare et grave de l'hémorragie méningée: arachnoidite dorsale avec paraplégie.